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butcher's mourning

butcher's mourning noun: a white hat with a black mourning hatband.

Noun

butcher's mourning (uncountable)

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) A white hat with a black mourning hatband.
    • Hats off, down there, you in the white hat and crape — you in the butcher's mourning — bonnet him — silence! Yes, says the Brahmin, the ceremony is about to begin; the national games are about to commence.1855, William Calcraft, The Groans of the Gallows, page 13

Questions about butcher's mourning

What does butcher's mourning mean?
Butcher's mourning means a white hat with a black mourning hatband.
What part of speech is butcher's mourning?
Butcher's mourning is a noun.

Words near butcher's mourning in the dictionary

  1. butcher's broom
  2. butcher's hook
  3. butcher's hooks
  4. butcher's knife
  5. butcher's knives
  6. butcher's mourning
  7. butcher's paper
  8. butcher's shop
  9. butcher's steak
  10. butcher's stripes
  11. butcher's thumb

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